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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 201 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Problem first, then solution): Engineered things are designed and built by people; natural things are made by nature. Every invention meets a need: ask “what problem goes away when we have it?”. Scientists ask why things happen; engineers ask how to build something useful.

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  1. 1.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  8. 8.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  13. 13.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  25. 25.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a river
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  32. 32.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  36. 36.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a railway track
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a seashell
  3. a fridge
  4. a bridge
  5. found in nature
  6. a satellite
  7. a waterfall
  8. make power from sunlight
  9. True
  10. a mountain
  11. a volcano
  12. a rainbow
  13. False
  14. False
  15. how can we build it?
  16. made by engineers
  17. False
  18. keep food fresh longer
  19. a lift
  20. False
  21. True
  22. make water safe to drink
  23. True
  24. a solar panel
  25. store water for summer
  26. True
  27. a railway track
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a train
  32. False
  33. found in nature
  34. made by engineers
  35. a banyan tree
  36. False
  37. a cloud
  38. True
  39. False
  40. a road that floods

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